When the integer n is divided by 8, the remainder is 5. Which of the following is NOT an even number?

A. n + 3B. n/2 + 3.5C. n – 3D. 3n + 1E. 5n + 2

(E) The most efficient way to solve this problem is to substitute a possible value of n into the answer choices and see which one is not an even number. n could be 5, 13, 21, etc. Let’s substitute these trial numbers.

The correct answer is choice (E), since this is the only answer choice that produced an odd with n = 5.

Note: 5 divided by 8 is 0 with a remainder of 5. When you are looking for the remainder, you should stop dividing when continuing to do so would result in a decimal. For example, 13 divided by 8 has a remainder of 5. Dividing until you have 1.625 is not helpful here.----------As per the explantion 5 is taken as the example. However when 5 is divided by 8 the remainder is not 5 as it said in the question.

So I took an example as 50. When 50 is divided by 8 the remainder is 5 and thus 50 + 3 = 53 odd so answer is A.Please explain.

Which of the following is NOT an EVEN number is asking us which of the following is ODD.The answer to this question is E - which is the only answer that yields an EVEN number.The question asks us which of the following yields an ODD result and selects the equation that yields an EVEN as the answer.

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